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On Tuesday February 10, 2015, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Sonnet Stanfill, the Curator of 20th Century and Contemporary Fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Stanfill will talk about "Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945," a show at the Portland Art Museum (through May 3) which examines Italy’s dramatic transition from postwar devastation to a burgeoning industry.

She discusses the role of Italian fascism in the development of the garment industry, the rise of Rome, Florence and Milan as fashion centers, and the time Emilio Pucci made outfits for the Reed College ski team.

On Tuesday, February 2015 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews the artist Jo Hamilton about her show "Whom" which runs at the Laura Russo Gallery until Feb 28.
Hamilton trained as a painter in her hometown of Glasgow, UK but her latest show uses crotchet to make wall-mounted portraits ranging from police mugshots to other artists to her mother with a black eye. Hamilton will talk about some of the characters she has worked with, the way the medium unsettles expectations, and where to get the best acrylic yarn.

Guest host Ken Jones talks with in-studio guests Sean Cawelti, Andrew Fridae, and McKenna Twedt about Zen Shorts, the latest production from Portland’s Tears of Joy Theatre. Sean is the director, and Andrew and McKenna are puppeteers/actors in the production. Tears of Joy is recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding puppet theatres, known internationally for its innovation and excellence. Each year their programs play to over 100,000 children and adults.

You've heard of Hip-Hop, but what about Krip-Hop? That's the name for the international movement of disabled artists, poets, musicians, and MCs. On this edition of Making Contact, we hear the story of Krip Hop from hate mail to worldwide phenomenon.

Guest host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Scott Timberg, longtime culture writer and editor based in Los Angeles, about his new book "CULTURE CRASH: The Killing of the Creative Class." They discuss what recent changes in technology, economics and social norms mean for the art, culture and the creative class.

On Tuesday, January 13 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews the light artist Hap Tivey. Tivey will talk about his show Surface of Light, how he uses LEDs on a white walls and how he manipulates fields of light to push the viewer's threshold of perception. Tivey's show is on now at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery through Jan 31.
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On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Theresa Redinger about Window, A Dialog, the group show at Blackfish Gallery running now until January 31. Redinger speaks about the idea of "window" as a prompt and as a metaphor, plus her own piece as well as the works of her cooperative colleagues. She discusses how artists approach themed group shows, and her own novel use of the music service Pandora in her teaching.

On Tuesday December 16, 2014 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews the sculptor James Florschutz, who will talk about his show "Wedges Plus" at Augen Gallery. Florschutz works in wood making abstract and post minimal installations, which he frequently recycles. He will talk about the meaning of the wedge, simple tools and the relationship between craft and Art. Florschutz is trained in art, construction carpentry and finish carpentry, and has a studio in Old Town.

On Tuesday December 9, 2014 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Julia Dolan, the Curator of Photography at the Portland Art Museum, about the show "Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40."
Dolan will talk about the rise of Portland's Blue Sky photo gallery from a small space in the 1970s and will discuss a few of the pictures that have defined the style and substance of Blue Sky.

On July 10TH Bobby Abrahamson, Julia Dolan and Myles Haselhorst discussed North Portland Polaroids, which encompasses 2 exhibitions and a book. Abrahanson shot the photos - the shows are at Blue Sky and Ampersand Gallery, which Haselhorst curates. Dolan, Minor White Curator of Photography curator from the Portland Art Museum, wrote the essay for the book.